Arlington police make arrest in Veterans Memorial urination incident

Wednesday

Jan 22, 2014 at 1:25 PMJan 22, 2014 at 4:51 PM

Arlington Police arrested a Florence Avenue man just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, on a default warrant in connection with charges stemming from an incident last November, when he allegedly pulled up American flags round the Veterans Memorial in Arlington Center, and then urinated on the memorial.Edwin Argueta, 59, of Florence Avenue, was arrested Thursday on the default warrant for open and gross lewdness and malicious destruction of property valued at $250 or more, and then turned over to federal Immigration Customs Enforcement officials, who had an immigration detainer for him. Argueta was taken into custody without incident.